Paul Sowinski

A father and son from Sugar Camp have pled guilty in federal court to illegal possession of a dead bald eagle.

65-year-old Alvin Sowinski and 46-year-old Paul Sowinski were arrested last fall after authorities found mounting evidence of animal poisoning.

A DNR Warden began the investigation in May 2007 after finding a bald eagle, crow, gray squirrel and bobcat on the Sowinski property…all dead from consuming a poison called Carbofuran. Between 2007 and 2010 officials say they found dozens of poisoned animals, including at least two bald eagles.